Fantasy Football - Explain Yourself! Debates + UDK RELEASE DAY! - Podcast for 6/1

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Welcome in. Monday, June 1st. What? The Fantasy Footballers Podcast. But we do shows on Tuesday. Oh, yeah, we're doing an early release. I don't know why Scooby-Doo showed up. Yeah, I don't know what the voice is, man. I was just trying to ignore it. Jason's here. Mike is here. And the UDK is here.

Yes. That's the main thing. And we decided we would, we do record the Tuesday show on Mondays, but we decided we'd record early and release it right away. We've got all this excitement and anticipation for the UDK, which is now available. So you can go check it out. And I know that we get to this time of year and there's so much excitement and people are in the app and on the website and you can check it out, ultimatedraftkit.com. But then they kind of, they get in there and they're like, what, what do I do? What's the first thing I utilize within the UDK is one of the most frequent questions that we actually get.

So we'll do that as a quick question, but I am super excited for people to get in there. A couple of updates for you. We got, you know, everything is live. Sleepers, breakouts, busts, values, all of our player profile videos, a hundred of them. But also, you know, 130,000 words of original content. See, you shouldn't say that because to me, that's a deterrent. You know what I mean? It's like, oh, what? 130,000. I ain't got time for that. And not just that. Oh, my God. Breaking news. No. Moments into the show. No, that's not possible. That's what UDK Day is all about.

The Browns are finalizing. That's not possible. A trade of Miles Garrett to the Rams. No. What? No. To the Rams. Shut it down. Oh, get wrecked, NFL. Oh, man. It's a trade for Jared Verse, a first rounder, and more. What? Okay. Well, at least Jared Verse is gone. Oh, no. Well, no, but I'm saying if you add Garrett. Yeah. I mean, you don't lose something. This is a great trade for Cleveland. Holy Lord. Yes, it really is. Because Cleveland is not there yet. I think it's a good trade for all parties. But holy crap, this is. I wanted to talk about the UDK.

And now we get breaking news. And we may have more on this show because the A.J. Brown news is right around the corner. But Miles Garrett, I saw it this morning. The smoke started to rise from behind the mountains. And it was Eagles. This is very Tyreek Hill. Where it was like, oh, there might be a trade. And he's traded immediately. This is a monster trade. Oh, my gosh. This is a monster trade. Someone. They hate their first rounders in Los Angeles. Yeah. And you know what? This is how I do fantasy. Mm-hmm. I want the known commodity. You get the best defensive player that we've seen in a long time.

They were very upset that the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. The best we've seen since maybe Aaron Donald. Right. Son of a gun. He's going to the Rams. Oh, this is great news for the bottom dwellers of the NFC West. I thought the Eagles might be the ones to get him. They couldn't get him and A.J. Or another trading. They're trading A.J. Brown. You're saying get the Patriots? Yeah, maybe. Well, there was talk that this A.J. Brown trade, which has not, as of this recording, materialized, but it seems right now inevitable. The situation for the Eagles, they talked about like a Ricky Williams-esque trade to get Miles Garrett.

But he's a Ram now, as of right now. So, holy moly. You will not find a player profile for Miles Garrett in the UDK. I mean, look, Versus. Versus a great player. Great player. He's not Miles Garrett. So, this is at least somewhat of an upgrade for all those matchups against the Cleveland Browns. And Joe Burrow is doing like a, okay, okay, I'll take that. All the KC Concepcion. You know, one of the downsides of the Cleveland offense is their defense is so good. They might not need to do much. This is helpful. But it makes sense for Cleveland. Jared Versus is a very good player.

He's much younger. And then you add a first. This is a team that's building for the future, not for right now. And Miles Garrett gets to chase a ring, which he didn't even want originally to sign with the Browns because he wanted, he didn't feel like he could win there. And then they offered him so much money. He's like, okay. All right. I'll lose. Winning's overrated. You paid enough. But, yeah, I think this works for all parties. And it's great for our Arizona Cardinals because we're looking for that number one pick. Oh, my gosh. Miles Garrett will break several of our quarterbacks.

Wow. Unbelievable trade. There you go. Kicking it off. June 1st is here. There you go. Stole the show. Miles Garrett stole the show from the Ultimate Draft Kit release. You can go check that out, ultimatedraftkit.com right now. The quick question was from Andrew in Reno. He says, after about two and a half years of listening to the pod, he finally decided to check out the UDK. What are some of the first things I can check out when everything goes live on June 1st? Like I said, this is one of the biggest questions we get. You get paralyzed by how many different resources you have.

Do you guys have a good answer for Andrew? Yeah, I mean, for me, it changes during different times of the year. The first thing that I would take a look at if it was me is the player profile videos. I'd go to the videos and just watch them all. You got – it's basically like getting more of the podcast individual on a player. All three of us talk about a single player at a time for four to six minutes. And, you know, we're giving good information. And it really helps you remember who they are, what they did, what their outlook is, you know, their range of outcomes.

And you've got time now. Like if it's – if this is late August and you're prepping for your drafts, I'm marking players. And I'm highlighting who I want to make sure I don't forget. And using some of the other tools. Right now, it's more like research and entertainment and enjoyment and knowledge. So I would start with the player profile videos personally. One of the things to remind you of is, you know, the mobile app, the web. You can mark players. So you can favorite players. You can set aside players that you want to pay attention to in your upcoming draft.

It's a way to kind of keep a running list of the things you're paying attention to. One tool I wanted to remind people about is the Value Scout tool, which is part of the UDK, which actually takes a look at our consensus rankings and compares it to the average draft position that is currently in place and finds some different, you know, players we believe in. Much more than ADP, less than ADP. It's a clear way to take a look at that, Mike. I would go – we have a – if you're on the web, you go to myudk.com. That'll give you a shortcut right to your UDK.

We have a – there's a projections area. Inside of that has Mike's 2026 projections. Okay. That's where I would start. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mike's been known for perfect projections for years now. Champ, champ, can't hear you. Okay. And I choose not to hear you. Let's get into some news. News and notes from around the league. One piece of – Super duper champ. I apologize. I was going to say one piece of news is that it's just as painful today as it was the day you won both titles. No, I – I really need to get one. Feels good, man.

Feels good. Well, we talked all through the insane Miles Garrett news, which I'm sure more and more details of that trade will be breaking over the next 24 hours. But here we are, June 1st. Jeremy Fowler reporting that the Patriots remain confident they'll acquire A.J. Brown. A bunch of reporters talking about that. The reason why it's taken so long is because the dead cap for A.J. Brown before June 1st was $43 million. It's $16 million after June 1st. And so, pretty big deal to wait. The talk is a first-round pick from New England, which I – I don't know, man.

That's a tough one for me. I've seen a first. I've seen a 28 first. I've seen a, you know, a second and a fourth. We don't know yet. I'm guessing by the time this, you know, is released shortly after the deal is made, everyone knows what it is. And A.J. Brown is a Patriot. And then we'll, you know, talk about the details of what that means for Devontae Smith, Makai Lemon. I'll talk about him right now because I think this trade is going to happen. I think, one, Devontae Smith is a certifiable one. I think he can produce like a one in that offense.

Every time that A.J. Brown's been off the field, he's been able to be a one. And, you know, these next-up options for them, Dallas Goddard's still under contract, so I'd love to be, you know, all over Eli Stowers as a rookie, but I can't do it yet. Makai Lemon, super talented player. Passing volume is – they're one of the lowest passing volume teams in the league, statistically. So it's not that I don't like Makai Lemon. It's just that I'm a little nervous about what the distribution will be like. You know, I want to know that he's going to be the guaranteed second option.

I don't know if I feel that way. Do we have that new snake graphic? Did that come in? Not yet. He's doing it tonight. What a loser. I'll bet. You know, our team is letting us down. Hey, Brian, thanks for nothing. Yeah. So we were going to give you a really cool graphic there. We can't, so the show is inferior because of that. Oh, my gosh. But on the other side, I mean, like, A.J. Brown is still playing at a level where he should dominate in New England. He should. I mean, Drake May is my number two overall fantasy quarterback.

He's a 4,000-plus yard passer. And Stephon Diggs and all those targets are gone. I mean, it's going to be 130-plus targets easy for A.J. Brown. Oh, for sure. I mean, he will – Probably a lot more than that. Yeah, he is – he's coming here as the alpha. They're going to trade enough draft capital, probably give him some money on the contract. And they need him. I mean, they really do. I know they went all the way to the Super Bowl. And so you could be like, well, do they really need him? Yeah, they do. They don't have a stud alpha one.

Sorry, Mike. Romeo Dobbs is not quite there. But no, and A.J. Brown will demand them. I mean, that's his issue with Philly is he wasn't getting the ball enough. And so whether that's good for the Patriots, I don't know. It's good for fantasy. It's good for A.J. Brown. I think A.J. Brown goes over to the Patriots and dominates for fantasy this year. He's older. However, if you're in a dynasty league and you wanted to take advantage of this news and trade A.J. Brown right now because he's going to be playing at 29 years old, try to get a haul, get a young prospect, a wide receiver, plus a first,

27 first and a young wide receiver, I'm fine making that move. But if you're a contender, I think you're going to have two years of top 12 fantasy points from A.J. Brown left. Last year, Philadelphia was the 24th-ranked offense, 23rd-ranked passing offense. New England was the 5th-ranked offense, the 4th-ranked passing offense. 4,459 passing yards for New England, 3,400 passing yards for Philadelphia last year. It's a huge upgrade for A.J. Brown in that offense. If it happens, would I give up a first if I was New England? I would not. I would not, no. I think that's too much for the time period.

If A.J. Brown was 27, of course. He already got traded for a first. Philly did it right. Yeah, the numbers on players like this at this age being traded for a one and then having long-term impact on the team, the numbers are very bad. But you're going for it. You feel like no one else is probably as available as A.J. Brown. But you better win. A couple other bits of news. Jeremy Fowler also – It's funny because – Sorry. It's like Miles Garrett's older than A.J. Brown. Right. It's like trading a first and Jared verse. I know right now he is more dominant in his position than A.J. Brown is at his position.

But it is funny to think like he's near the end. And you're saying if you get two years of dominance, totally worth a first and Jared verse. Great move, Rams. But the Patriots are like maybe not worth a first. I think it probably is. I think that – One of them is a superhero. Yeah, one of them is – One of them is A.J. Brown. One is playing peak – I don't think A.J. Brown is playing peak A.J. Brown right now. I agree. I think Miles Garrett's playing peak Miles Garrett. I think Miles Garrett is going to be – It's a weird way to put it.

He's going to be okay for a while. One is a Hall of Famer? Yes. Is that what you said, Matt? Oh, yes. Easy. Jeremy Fowler also talking about Deshaun Watson, quote, has a leg up on the competition for the starting role. But, I mean, I don't know. There's no good news. We're going to go back and forth for the next couple months. We're going to hear great reports about Shadour. We're going to hear great reports about Watson. We have to ignore it until a decision is made. The great news for everyone is it doesn't matter. If it's Watson, okay. If it's Sanders, okay.

I mean, I'm not going into my Browns targets. I'm like, oh, baby. Deshaun Watson is back. Yeah, no. We hope we get better quarterback play from whoever. But the Giants signed Odell Beckham Jr. and Braxton Berrio. Oh, don't do it. Don't do it. Oh. Mediocre signing of the week. Eat it. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I mean, why do you got to do that to him? OBJ has been mediocre for so long. But Malik Nabors, we watched him run around the bases at a softball game. Did we? We called that running? We saw him. Limp around the bases? It was like a man who had just been shot.

He was not moving well. Cam Scadaboo did hit a backflip. He looked much better. The Cam Scadaboo news from this weekend was a backflip and a $50,000 grill. Oh, I didn't see that. Yes. Yeah, I see. He did some work on the teeth. On the teeth. I literally thought you were talking like he had this backyard barbecue. No, no, no. It was unbelievable. No, not a grill. $50,000. No, grill. So he iced his teeth. Iced his teeth. And then someone tried to take Ramondre Stevenson out. Yeah, that was a comedian. Oh, he was well. Slid into second base. Matt Reif.

Well, be funnier and get Ramondre out of my life. Oh, my gosh, Mike. I'm joking. Alvin Kamara updates? Do we have Alvin Kamara updates? The update is that there's no timetable to figuring out the Alvin Kamara situation? Underhill was reporting that. There's rumors that he still could get cut to save cap space. It's a really unique situation. His contract is pretty wild. It's TBD. There is still the chance he gets cut. That's basically the news. The problem is Alvin Kamara is a saint forever. He is a hero for the football team. And he is no longer worth the money. And when you have players like this, you come to a crossroads, you're like, what's worse?

Like, just carrying them on the team or taking the PR that we have gotten rid of people's favor? I feel like they're already heading down that road. I think that's where they're headed, too. But it's hard. When you sign Travis H. And Jr., it's saying we've moved on. And honestly, it's brutal. It's the unfun part of business. But you just go back to the run of the Patriots. Bill Belichick did not care what you have done for him in the past. It was like, we're just going to make the best decision. And if you're done, I'm moving on from you.

I don't care. My job is to make this football team the best this year, every year. And Alvin Kamara does not make the Saints better. Just doesn't. All right. We'll take a break. And then today's episode, I didn't even mention it yet, is a fun one. And it's the Explain Yourself episode where we will each have a chance to defend a ranking that is very different from the other two. All right. Before we jump into Explain Yourself, any other hot trades, Al, going through? We got anything on A.J. Brown? I'll keep you posted if we see anything, but nothing yet.

All right. You never know. A little early release, and we get surprised. I'm glad it broke while we were doing the show. It worked out. It just reminded me of the time that you live on the show. Cortland Sutton. Yes. Oh, that was good. One time Jason was like, did you say he's not getting a contract? I basically said there's no way he gets a contract. And then the second that I finished, I was, do-do-do-do-do-do. Cortland Sutton signs monster contract. Unbelievable. It was pretty great. Let's do it. I'm quite well. Thank you. No. Clearly you are not. No rational person would do as you have done.

Explain yourself. Okay. We just did all of our projections. We've got our 2026 UDK projections into the app, and there's differences of opinion. Yeah. There's the right opinion, some of mine, and then there's your guys' opinions. Well, let's talk about one of yours, Andrew Holloway. There is a player you have at wide receiver 17. Mike and I have near the 30s. Near the 40s. This is a player. Sure. This is a player who has never, he's played four years in the NFL and has never had 50 receptions. Last year, he had over 23 yards per reception and barely squeaked in as a wide receiver, too, in fantasy.